Concept of Violence

Informationen zum Autor Mark Vorobej is a former Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, and a former Director of the Centre for Peace Studies at McMaster University. He is the author of A Theory of Argument (Cambridge University Press, 2006) and numerous articles in the areas of logical theory and moral philosophy. Klappentext This study focuses on conceptual questions that arise when we explore the fundamental aspects of violence. Rather than attempting to develop a fixed definition of violence, Vorobej explores the varied dimensions of the phenomenon of violence and the questions they raise, addressing the criteria of harm, agency, victimhood, instrumentality, and normativity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. 1. Interpersonal Violence 2. Structural Violence 3. A Hybrid Account

Product details

• Authors: Mark Vorobej, Mark (Mcmaster University Vorobej
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2016
• EAN: 9781138187016
• ISBN: 978-1-138-18701-6
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contempor
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education